DIRECTLY RELATED
EXPERIENCE
- Consultant on space design for several major casino clients,
including resort/casinos in Atlantic City and Nevada as well as
Native American and Riverboat operations.
- Contributing columnist on casino space and design for Casino
Executive Magazine.
- Featured presenter on casino space and design for the University
of Nevada Reno's Executive Development Program.
- Author of several novels, plays and short stories that use the
gambling scene as an integral backdrop. Works include Keno Runner,
Low Tide in The Desert (short stories) and soon to be published
Crap Dealer.
- Writer of significant, published articles on casino space design,
including Play Grounds and Toward More Adventurous Play Grounds.
- Professor of English, recently retired from the University
of Utah, Salt Lake City.
- Past director of one of the feature programs at Robert Redford's
prestigious Sundance Institute.
AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS
- Holder of every teaching award offered by the University of
Utah.
- Wrangler Award, Best Short Story Collection
- Governor's Award In the Arts
- Selected as one of Utah's Presidential Teacher/Scholars.
- Recipient of countless other teaching, writing and achievement
awards.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Casino space design and how casinos can make their casino floor
space into areas that visitors are drawn to and enjoy being in.
- Theater concepts, including lighting and staging, and how they
can cost-effectively energize casino space.
- The space/design psychology of "Play" and how to enhance a guest's
perception of it.
ASSOCIATIONS / ORGANIZATIONS
- Sawtooth Writers' Conference, Co-Founder and Faculty Member
- Sun Valley Center For Arts and Humanities, Board of Advisors
Member
- Sundance Playwrights Lab, Artistic Director
- Sun Valley Festival of New Western Drama, Artistic Advisor
- Utah State Prison, past instructor of English courses
- Various University of Utah associations and organizations
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email:
David Kranes
Phone: 801-364-3437
HOW TO CONTACT RAVING CONSULTING COMPANY
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contact:
Dennis Conrad, President and Chief Strategist
Raving Consulting Company
475 Hill Street, Suite G
Reno, Nevada 89501
Phone: (775) 329-7864
FAX: (775) 329-4947
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